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Transmission and transfer

Jeff Siegel

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    Abstract

    Whether or not there is a break in transmission of the lexifier language has joined the question of substrate influence in being among the most contentious issues in pidgin and creole studies. This chapter first examines the two main views regarding the transmission of the lexifier language in relation to creole genesis. It then looks at debates about the transmission of substrate features into creoles via language transfer. These analyses are followed by a discussion of the implications of the different views with regard to colonial and postcolonial ideologies, and current views of agency and identity in studies of second language acquisition.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationDeconstructing Creole
    Editors Lim, L, Mathews, S, Ansaldo, U
    Place of PublicationAmsterdam, Netherlands
    PublisherJohn Benjamins Publishing Company
    Pages167-201
    Edition1
    ISBN (Print)9789027229854
    Publication statusPublished - 2007

    Publication series

    NameTypological Studies in Language (TSL)
    Number73

    Keywords

    • Language in Time and Space (incl Historical Linguistics, Dialectology)

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